2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA Complaints

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA. IN 2007 I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR DOORS NOT LOCKING AND THEN THE HORN GOING OFF WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR. A FUSE WAS BLOWING OUT SO I WAS INSTRUCTED BY ONE OF THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BUY SOME FUSES AND CHANGE THEM AS THEY GO OUT. I ALSO HAD ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT WANTING TO START. I HAD THE CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP 6 TIMES. THE LAST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT IN VIA TOW TRUCK BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL. NO COMPUTER CODES EVER REGISTERED. IN EXASPERATION THEY REPLACED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE. THIS SEEMED TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER AND OUT OF BOTH MY WARRANTY AND EXTENDED WARRANTY WE'RE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN. I'VE TAKEN IT AGAIN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DROVE IT FOR THREE DAYS. CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AGAIN. I DROVE IT AND TODAY IT WOULDN'T LOCK AND OR START. I WAITED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO START AGAIN. THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 80,000 MILES ON IT AND I'M SICK OF THESE PROBLEMS! THIS CAR IS NOT RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR ME ANYMORE AND THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONCERNED. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL ON THIS? I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO TRADE IN MY CAR FOR SOMETHING MORE RELIABLE SINCE NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT THESE ISSUES NOR REPAIR THEM! *TR

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA AND WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND WHEN I SWITCH FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS MY LIGHTS GO OUT....JUST RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, MY LIGHT JUST WENT DARK...AFTER WORKING THE DIMMER SWITCH THEY CAME BY ON, THIS IS SCARY AND SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL .*TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN 2003 IT HAS ONLY 40,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN DOING STRANGE THINGS ELECTRICALLY, IT LOCKS UP WON'T START, PASSLOCK/SYSTEM LIGHTS HAVE MESSAGES LIKE SECURITY, SERVICE VEHICLE SOON. INSTALLED NEW IGNITION SWITCH, BATTERY. HAD IT SCANNED AND NO PROBLEMS DETECTED. ALWAYS HAD A GM VEHICLE, IF THIS IS HOW THEY MAKE CARS AND DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS FOREIGN VEHICLES MIGHT BE THE ANSWER. *TR

IT WAS RAINING, CAR STARTED TO SKID TO THE RIGHT, STEERED LEFT TO CORRECT, LOST CONTROL AND STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON. SERIOUS INJURIES TO BELTED DRIVER. *TR

IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS I HAD NOTICED THAT THE DOORS OF MY 2003 CHEVY IMPALA WERE NOT AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCKING. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO OCCUR WHEN GEARSHIFT IS MOVED INTO PARK POSITION. AT THE TIME I DID NOT VIEW THIS AS IMPORTANT. IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY. ON INSPECTION, I NOTICED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE GEARSHIFT WAS IN THE PHYSICAL POSITION FOR PARK, THE DASH INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE "P" ON THE DISPLAY. I MOVED THE GEARSHIFT INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. TODAY, WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE ON AN INCLINE I MOVED THE GEARSHIFT TO THE PHYSICAL PARK POSITION BUT AGAIN THE DASH INDICATOR DID NOT SHOW THE "P" FOR GEARSHIFT POSITION. AFTER REMOVING MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE INCLINE. I REAPPLIED THE BRAKE AND FIDGETED WITH THE GEARSHIFT LEVER AND EVENTUALLY THE DASH INDICATOR EVENTUALLY SHOWED "P" INDICATING THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK. ON REMOVING MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE REMAINED STATIONARY. THERE APPEARS TO ME TO BE SOME MALFUNCTION WITH THE SWITCH SENDING THE GEARSHIFT POSITION INDICATION TO THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO OUT TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WILL NOT START. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES, I CAN BELIEVE THIS SINCE THE SECURITY LIGHT DOES NOT FLASH WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS. THIS IS VERY TROUBLING SINCE IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU WILL GET THE CAR TO START. SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE GM OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND GET IT FIXED, AS I AM SURE IT IS NOT JUST ON MY VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA AND THE SECURITY LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON WHEN I DRIVE OR A FEW MINUTES AFTER SOMETIMES IT WONT START TOO. HAS NEW FUEL PUMP,FILTER,COMPLETE TUNE UP, EVERYTHING IS UP TO DATE ON MY CAR BUT THE SECURITY LIGHT WILL STILL COME ON. I HAVE HEARD PLENTY OF COMPLAINS AND THEY ALL LEAD DOWN TO THE " PASSLOCK SYSTEM" SO FAR NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THEY SAID THE IGNITIONS WIRE MUST BE SOLDERED DIRECTLY TO THE PASSLOCK SENSOR? BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW. *TR

WE BOUGHT MY SON A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING ALL OF THE SUDDEN. SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. HE DRIVES OVER TWO HOURS BACK AND FORTH TO COLLEGE AND I FEEL IT IS QUITE A SAFETY ISSUE AND CHEVY WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! I DON'T HAVE $500.00 FOR THE REPAIR WHICH MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO PAY! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET IMPALA. IN AUGUST OF 2007, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE TURN SIGNALS FAILED. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CONTACT PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LIFTED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED HER THAT THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AGAIN MONTHS LATER. IN AUGUST OF 2008, BODY WORK WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND AFTERWARDS THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE BODY SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE COMBINATION SWITCH. THE COMBINATION SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL; THEREFORE, THE ORIGINAL PART WAS REINSTALLED. AFTER THE FAILED ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE FAILURE, THE MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE COMBINATION SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 171,920 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

SECURITY LIGHT ON, LIGHTS FLASHING INSIDE CAR, CAR WILL NOT START, TOWED TO DEALER WHILE ON WARRANTY, THEY SAID NO PROBLEM. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, LAST TIME CAR HAS FAILED TO START AND HAS SAT FOR 3 MONTHS. NO WARNING PRIOR TO THIS , IT JUST DOESN'T START. *TR